2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 67
Prize Pool: $67,000
August 1, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 26 Champion Min Zhang

Event 26 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). There were 67 entries that produced a prize pool of $67,000, and emerging victorious was Min Zhang, winning outright for $23,450.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Min	Zhang	$23,450
2	Samuel	Laskowitz	$13,400
3	Daniel	Swartz Jr.	$8,200
4	Dylan	Linde	$5,865
5	Liam	Hagens	$4,525
6	Lebert	Grinan	$3,520
7	Michael	Moore	$3,015
8	Kharlin	Sued	$2,680
9	Brock	Wilson	$2,345

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Esteban Garcia Wins Event 25 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $6,540

August 2, 2023 @ 5:11AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 171
Prize Pool: $26,505
Bounty Prize Pool: $17,100
August 1, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 25 Champion Esteban Garcia

Event 25 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). The event drew 171 entries, creating a prize pool of $26,505 with an additional $17,100 set aside for bounties.

Topping the field was Esteban Garcia, winning outright for $6,540.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Esteban	Garcia	$6,540
2	Eduardo	Christ	$4,450
3	Michael	Dreese	$2,720
4	Barry	Abramowitz	$1,690
5	Dushawn	Standifer	$1,275
6	Maor	Ben Hamu	$1,060
7	Jacque	Doucette	$915
8	Elliot	Starkman	$805
9	Didier	Bramy	$700
10	Russell	Fox	$700
11	Jonathan	Crowley	$600
12	Rafael	Babaekov	$600
13	Eric	Diaz	$500
14	Shannon	Mitchell	$500
15	Thomas	Dunn	$500
16	Anibal	Pabon	$450
17	Marcos	Saravia	$450
18	Patrick	Lynch	$450
19	Claudio	Piedabuena	$400
20	Keith	McCormack	$400
21	Alan	Leon	$400
22	Andrew M	Pressler	$400

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Lawrence Berg Wins Event 21 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $21,110

August 2, 2023 @ 4:53AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 61
Prize Pool: $59,170
August 1, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 21 Champion Lawrence Berg

Event 21 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry). A crowd of 61 entries produced a prize pool of $59,170, and winning the lion’s share of it was Lawrence Berg, taking it down outright for $21,110.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Lawrence	Berg	$21,110
2	Oxana	Cummings	$12,500
3	Matthew	Wolfson	$7,840
4	Phil	Hui	$5,325
5	Maksim	Pisarenko	$53,250
6	Eugene	Kotlyarevskiy	$3,255
7	Sam	Sternfield	$2,665
8	Leonard	August	$2,330

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Peter Ng Wins Event 14 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $44,270

August 2, 2023 @ 4:26AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 429
Prize Pool: $223,080
July 30-August 1, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 14 Champion Peter Ng

Event 14 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a multi-flight $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). Over three starting flights, a field of 429 entries generated a prize pool of $223,080, more than doubling the $100,000 guarantee.

Emerging victorious was Peter Ng, winning outright for $44,270.

This marks Ng’s largest recorded live score, per the Hendon Mob poker database, and puts him past the $200,000 mark in career live tournament winnings.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Peter	Ng	$44,270
2	Wilson	Igwe	$31,000
3	Ari	Engel	$20,200
4	Anatolii	Zyrin	$13,600
5	Darryl	Wettlaufer	$10,515
6	Salvatore	Pipitone	$8,795
7	Christopher	Lewis	$7,320
8	Douglas	Marro	$5,900
9	Thomas	Yang	$4,485
10	Jeremy	Parker	$4,485
11	Matthew	Lombardi	$3,805
12	Andrei	Mitsiuk	$3,805
13	David	Moreno	$3,160
14	Kenneth	Po	$3,160
15	Joshua	Hardwick	$3,160
16	Maor	Ben Hamu	$2,585
17	Malik	Hanna	$2,585
18	Paul	Lenkeit	$2,585
19	William	Leffingwell	$2,155
20	Eric	Kent	$2,155
21	Andre	Plaza Marcano	$2,155
22	Gabriel	Pardo	$1,820
23	Ryan	Gibson	$1,820
24	Cuba	Levenberry	$1,820
25	Marc	Sacheli	$1,485
26	Bryan	Reyes	$1,485
27	Michael	Newman	$1,485
28	Alexander	Ziskin	$1,230
29	Nicholas	Nieto	$1,230
30	Jonah	Miller	$1,230
31	David	Znamenagek	$1,230
32	Joseph	Dulaney	$1,230
33	Mike	Beasley	$1,230
34	Daniel	Navarrete	$1,230
35	Oren	Calka	$1,230
36	Oleksandr	Trokhymenko	$1,230
37	Matthew	Bretzfield	$1,085
38	Richard	Ryder	$1,085
39	Farid	Dhanani	$1,085
40	Antoine	Sankari	$1,085
41	Phuoc	Vo	$1,085
42	William	Tonking	$1,085
43	Stephanie	Chung	$1,085
44	Anthony	Askey	$1,085
45	Lawrence	Whyte	$1,085
46	Brett	Skolnick	$950
47	Grant	Hart	$950
48	Brett	Bader	$950
49	Thomas	Skaggs	$950
50	Ashton	Griffin	$950
51	Jason	Tillson	$950
52	Long	Nguyen	$950
53	Randy	Matienzo	$950
54	Donald	Maloney	$950
55	Frederick	Attias	$950
56	Brady	Churches	$950

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Rafael Lima Wins His Second SHRP Major Series Trophy in Event 24 Heads-Up Deal for $6,825

August 2, 2023 @ 4:10AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 24
$600 Double Black Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 75
Prize Pool: $24,375
Bounty Prize Pool: $15,000
August 1, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 24 Champion Rafael Lima

Event 24 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Double Black Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). There were 75 entries who partook in the event, producing a prize pool of $24,375 with an additional $15,000 set aside for bounties.

A heads-up deal was made at the final table. Rafael Lima the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 24 winner for $6,825.

This marked Lima’s second SHRP major series trophy win, having previously won a $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty at the 2021 Showdown.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Rafael	Lima	$6,825*
2	Jonathan	Moschel	$6,000*
3	Maksim	Lebedev	$2,975
4	Randy	Matienzo	$2,025
5	Joseph	Dulaney	$1,525
6	Matthew	Edge	$1,250
7	David	Weiner	$1,100
8	Matthew	Bretzfield	$975
9	Matthew	Kirkwood	$850
10	Brady	Churches	$850

*denotes heads-up deal

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Nick Palma Wins His Second SHRP Major Series Trophy in Event 22 Three-Way Deal for $16,446

August 2, 2023 @ 3:29AM by Mickey Doft

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 22
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 169
Prize Pool: $88,725
August 1, 2023

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 22 Champion Nick Palma

Event 22 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 169 entries created a prize pool of $88,725, nearly doubling the $50,000 guarantee.

A three-way deal took place at the final table and Nick Palma was the slight chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 22 winner for $16,446.

This marked Palma’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2022 Showdown.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Nicholas	Palma	$16,446*
2	Howard	Mash	$15,747*
3	Ari	Katz	$15,597*
4	Owen	Lynn	$7,025
5	Joseph	Rossi	$5,015
6	Jacob	Kauffman	$3,685
7	David	Barbieri	$2,790
8	Leo	Taffe	$2,790
9	John	Valevich	$2,175
10	Jameson	Salvaggio	$2,175
11	Vadim	Shlez	$1,755
12	Richard	Rice	$1,755
13	Mark	Glazewski	$1,460
14	Benjamin	Lang	$1,460
15	James	Gamblin	$1,250
16	Brandon	Noe	$1,250
17	Elias	Nassif	$1,115
18	Richard	Chouinard	$1,115
19	Axel	Orellana Gomez	$1,030
20	Huan	Ho	$1,030
21	Brandon	Hamlet	$1,030
22	Justin	Shapiro	$1,030

*denotes three-way deal

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Event 23: Justin Liberto Wins! ($257,000); Dan Heimiller Finishes Runner-Up ($155,600)

August 2, 2023 @ 2:47AM by Mickey Doft

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 84

Justin Liberto raised to 120,000 from the button, Dan Heimiller three-bet to 385,000 from the big blind, Liberto four-bet to 850,000, and Heimiller called.

The flop was , and both players checked.

The turn was the , Heimiller bet 875,000, Liberto raised all in with a covering stack, and Heimiller called all in for about 2,400,000 with for a set of tens.

Liberto, however, was ahead with for a set of jacks.

The river was the , safe for Liberto to win Event 23 outright for $257,000. Heimiller finished runner-up for $155,600.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

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Event 14: Peter Ng Wins! ($44,270); Wilson Igwe Finishes Runner-Up ($31,000)

August 2, 2023 @ 2:18AM by Mickey Doft

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 429

On a flop of , Wilson Igwe ended up all in for about 960,000 from the button against Peter Ng in the big blind.

Igwe:
Ng:

Ng had a set of fours along with an open-ended straight draw, while Igwe had a flush draw and straight draws.

The turn and river completed the board, which further improved Ng to fours full of aces to win Event 14 outright for $44,270.

Wilson Igwe finished runner-up for $31,000.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

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Event 23: Asher Neaman – 3rd Place ($96,800)

August 2, 2023 @ 2:11AM by Mickey Doft

$10,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 84

On the turn of a board, a series of raises culminated with Justin Liberto all in for 2,340,000 from the big blind with for top two pair against Asher Neaman in the small blind with for a king-high straight.